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* ⚡ [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clove Clove] (Syzygium aromaticum/Eugenia caryophyllus). Clove oil, which was used traditionally to kill intestinal worms and is claimed to anesthetize fish, contains several powerful antimicrobial agents. While one of these, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugenol eugenol], is claimed to be anthelminthic, its use didn't produce any loss of benefit in one helminth host who applied it liberally to a dry socket following a difficult tooth extraction, and this was in spite of swallowing and breathing eugenol and a related compound called guaiacol. | * ⚡ [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clove Clove] (Syzygium aromaticum/Eugenia caryophyllus). Clove oil, which was used traditionally to kill intestinal worms and is claimed to anesthetize fish, contains several powerful antimicrobial agents. While one of these, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugenol eugenol], is claimed to be anthelminthic, its use didn't produce any loss of benefit in one helminth host who applied it liberally to a dry socket following a difficult tooth extraction, and this was in spite of swallowing and breathing eugenol and a related compound called guaiacol. | ||
* ✅ [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fennel Fennel (Foeniculum vulgare). Fennel seed has a long history of use against pinworms and other parasites, with some authorities suggesting that the herb digests parasite eggs and intoxicates parasites. The leaves and oil are both used as dewormers, but one subject reports [https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/helminthictherapy/conversations/topics/7627 no adverse effect] from repeated consumption of dietary amounts of fennel seeds and another has reported [https://www.facebook.com/groups/htsupport/permalink/544122108977082/ no loss of worm benefits] after consuming significant quantities of fennel. | * ✅ [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fennel Fennel] (Foeniculum vulgare). Fennel seed has a long history of use against pinworms and other parasites, with some authorities suggesting that the herb digests parasite eggs and intoxicates parasites. The leaves and oil are both used as dewormers, but one subject reports [https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/helminthictherapy/conversations/topics/7627 no adverse effect] from repeated consumption of dietary amounts of fennel seeds and another has reported [https://www.facebook.com/groups/htsupport/permalink/544122108977082/ no loss of worm benefits] after consuming significant quantities of fennel. | ||
* ✅ Garlic (Allium sativum). Garlic oil extract has shown anthelminthic effects against Schistosoma mansoni in mice [http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1995764515002011] and allicin, the active principle of garlic extract, has also been shown to have anthelminthic properties, although one hookworm host has reported that taking a stabilized allicin extract for several weeks did not kill her worms. [https://www.facebook.com/groups/htsupport/permalink/859756094080347/?comment_id=1146360268753260&comment_tracking=%7B%22tn%22:%22R3%22%7D] Alcoholic extracts of garlic have also shown ‘moderate’ anthelmintic activity against the human roundworm, Ascaris lumbricoides, in test tube studies[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1158424]. However, the exact amount of garlic needed to kill intestinal parasites in humans has not been established. Some sources suggest 1,000 - 4,000 mg per day, using concentrated garlic capsules or tablets, and fresh garlic is said to be more effective than capsules. While chewing three cloves of garlic each day is recommended by some online sources as a treatment for ‘parasites’ in humans, hookworms may in fact be able to withstand up to 21 grams (approximately 10 cloves) of garlic per day. So garlic may actually not be very effective as a killer of mature worms, and its main anthelminthic effect [http://www.cabdirect.org/abstracts/19722900736.html;jsessionid=F91F029C9C83A8E28BD028ED3D6FA7A4 may be to reduce the viability of ova]. Cooking may reduce its effect against parasite eggs and larvae, and neither cooked or raw garlic appears to have any adverse effect on the efficacy of a therapeutic hookworm colony. | * ✅ Garlic (Allium sativum). Garlic oil extract has shown anthelminthic effects against Schistosoma mansoni in mice [http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1995764515002011] and allicin, the active principle of garlic extract, has also been shown to have anthelminthic properties, although one hookworm host has reported that taking a stabilized allicin extract for several weeks did not kill her worms. [https://www.facebook.com/groups/htsupport/permalink/859756094080347/?comment_id=1146360268753260&comment_tracking=%7B%22tn%22:%22R3%22%7D] Alcoholic extracts of garlic have also shown ‘moderate’ anthelmintic activity against the human roundworm, Ascaris lumbricoides, in test tube studies[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1158424]. However, the exact amount of garlic needed to kill intestinal parasites in humans has not been established. Some sources suggest 1,000 - 4,000 mg per day, using concentrated garlic capsules or tablets, and fresh garlic is said to be more effective than capsules. While chewing three cloves of garlic each day is recommended by some online sources as a treatment for ‘parasites’ in humans, hookworms may in fact be able to withstand up to 21 grams (approximately 10 cloves) of garlic per day. So garlic may actually not be very effective as a killer of mature worms, and its main anthelminthic effect [http://www.cabdirect.org/abstracts/19722900736.html;jsessionid=F91F029C9C83A8E28BD028ED3D6FA7A4 may be to reduce the viability of ova]. Cooking may reduce its effect against parasite eggs and larvae, and neither cooked or raw garlic appears to have any adverse effect on the efficacy of a therapeutic hookworm colony. | ||